Available Formats
The Comet
By (Author) Joe Todd Stanton
Illustrated by Joe Todd Stanton
Flying Eye Books
Flying Eye Books
1st May 2025
2nd January 2025
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
823.92
Paperback
40
Width 230mm, Height 270mm
A breathtakingly intricate picture book with so much to discover on every page. -- Briony May Smith
Once more using the magical and the inspiring to explore themes that are highly relevant to real children, Joe Todd-Stanton weaves a touching, compassionate story about moving home and finding your feet in new places. * Waterstones Childrens Books You Need To Read in 2022 *
Inspired by the changes families had to make because of the pandemic, a story of creativity, community and finding light in the dark, both visually stunning and thought-provoking. * The Bookseller *
Joe Todd-Stanton is from Brighton and grew up drawing with his mum. He studied Illustration at the University of the West of England, afterwards moving to London where he currently lives. His children's book, The Secret of Black Rock, won the 2018 Waterstones Children's Book Prize and since then he has written and illustrated seven books with Flying Eye Books.